Education
Raffles Institution
Queen’s College, Cambridge
St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London

Career

Offices held

Deputy Chairman, Economic Development Board
Chairman, Applied Research Corporation
Chairman, National Biotechnology Committee
Chairman, Bio-ethics Advisory Committee
Chairman, National Wages Council
Chairman, NUS Technology Holdings Pte Ltd
Director, Neptune Orient Lines
Director, National University Hospital
Director, Overseas Union Bank Ltd
Director, United Overseas Bank Group
Director, Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship
Chairman, Board of Governors, Raffles Institution
Board of Governors, Institute of East Asian Political Economy
Board of Governors, Institute of Policy Studies
Board of Governors, Singapore Institute of Labour Studies
Board of Governors, Singapore International Foundation
Board of Governors, Chinese Heritage Centre
Member, Council on Professional & Technical Education
Member, Ministerial Committee on Science and Technology
Member, Nanyang Technological University Council
Member, National University of Singapore Council
Member, Mendaki Board of Advisors
Member, National Science and Technology Council
Member, Singapore Medical Association
Member, British Medical Association
Member, Singapore Professional Centre
Member, National Information Technology Committee
Founder President, Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore
Overseas Advisor, Royal College of Physicians of London
Past-Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Honours

1976 Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
1978 Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1981 Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
1981 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1982 Honorary Fellow, College of General Practitioners, Singapore
1982 Eisenhower Fellow
1984 Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Public Administration Medal, Gold)
1988 Officier, Ordre des Palmes Academiques
1990 Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Services Medal)
1992 Honorary Fellow, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
1992 Honorary Member, National University of Singapore Society (NUSS)
1995 National Trades Union Congress Friend of Labour Medal
1997 Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
1997 Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
1999 Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Hull
2000 Darjah Utama Bakti Chemerlang (Distinguished Service Order)
2002 Lee Foundation-National Healthcare Group Lifetime Achievement Award

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